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Metsä Tissue will rebuild paper machine 5 at its Düren mill in Germany. The total investment is approximately Euro 15 million and the rebuild starts immediately. The new volumes will be available on the market during the last quarter of 2018, as the company says in the press release received by Lesp...

Sonoco has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the stock of Clear Lam Packaging, Inc., a family-held developer and manufacturer of flexible and forming plastic packaging films for approximately $170 million in cash. The transaction is subject to normal regulatory review and is expected ...

Caraustar Industries, Inc. announced the continuation of the previously announced price increase on paperboard tubes and cores and protective packaging products."The April announced price increase on our paperboard products was in response to the increased cost in uncoated recycled paperboard (URB),...

Kruger Publication Papers appoints Paul DeRose as Vice President of Sales. In his new role, he will be responsible for direct global sales of Kruger's lines of coated and construction papers, as PaperAge reports.DeRose has more than 35 years of experience in the industry, including 15 years at Kruge...

Resolute Forest Products Inc. reported a net loss for the quarter ended March 31, 2017, of $47 million, or $0.52 per share, compared to a net loss of $8 million, or $0.09 per share, in the same period in 2016. Sales were $872 million in the 1Q 2017, down $5 million, or 1%, from the 1Q 2016, as the c...

Norske Skog's gross operating earnings (EBITDA) in the 1Q 2017 were NOK 158 million ($18.9 million), a seasonal decrease from NOK 221 million ($26.5 million) in the 4Q 2016. The European units contributed to gross operating earnings as expected ; whereas, the Australasian units had lower than expect...

The joint-stock company Papcel won a tender for the supply of new machinery and equipment for the preparation of starch, which will be delivered to the paper mill OOO "Akexinskaya bumazhno-kartonnaya fabrika" in the Russian Federation, a member of the holding SFT Group.Papcel will supply two station...

Rosanne Burns joins JP Gould Ocean Paper. Rosanne is a sales veteran with over 30 years of experience in the pulp and paper industry. Rosanne has numerous long standing client and vendor relationships that will complement the value proposition and service that Ocean Paper delivers.Ivy Frimer, Presid...

U.S. printing-writing paper shipments decreased 2% in May 2017 compared to May 2016, as the American Forest & Paper Association reported.The uncoated printing-writing grades posted year-over-year shipment declines in May, while the coated grades either increased or remained level. Total printing...

While Sabah’s (Malaysia) 1Q 2017 exports of laminated boards and mouldings remained almost unchanged year-on-year there was a 16% increase in sawnwood exports and an almost 39% increase in veneer exports, ITTO reported.However, compared to levels in the 1Q 2016 plywood export in the same period in 2...

Brazilian pulp production grew 5.1% in the 1Q 2017 compared to the same period last year, totaling 6.32 million tons against 6.02 million in 2016, as as Brazilian Tree Industry (Ibá) reported.In the wood panels segment, exports are in the spotlight with a growth of 39.8%, reaching 376,000 cubic mete...

Weyerhaeuser Company announced an agreement to sell its timberlands and manufacturing business in Uruguay to a consortium led by BTG Pactual's Timberland Investment Group, including other long-term institutional investors, for $402.5 million in cash. The company anticipates it will incur minimal tax...

BID Group Holdings Ltd. (“BID”) announces the successful closing of an equity investment into the company. The transaction, led by Highland West Capital Ltd. (“HWCL”), brings a leading group of institutional investors (the “Investor Group”), into the BID team. The Investor Group has partnered with B...

Linking the latest Excalibur incising machines firmly into the British-grown timber supply chain, Lonza Wood Protection has gained a promotional licence from Grown in Britain.This enables Lonza, with the support of their engineering partners Tweddle Engineering, to express their support visibly for ...

Kaarel Tali has been appointed Mill Director for Metsä Wood’s Pärnu mill in Estonia, effective August 1, 2017. He reports to Jari Tikkanen, SVP, Production & Technology, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.As Mill Director Tali will be responsible for the birch p...

Sika Corporation announced that Brady Dunn and Tom Anderson have joined its Floor Covering team as Sales Representatives for Southern California and Florida.Brady Dunn will be based in San Diego, California. Brady has many years of experience in the floor covering business including working for a le...

Pinkwood Ltd., a leading manufacturer of fire rated I-joists, partnered with independent third party provider, Intertek, for testing and certification on its full line of I-joists.Bradley Parsons, President of Pinkwood, commented “We are absolutely delighted to be working with Intertek. The ETL Mark...

Armstrong Flooring, Inc. has closed on the previously announced definitive asset purchase agreement to acquire the Vinyl Composition Tile (VCT) business of Mannington Mills, a nationally recognized flooring company.Armstrong Flooring intends to use its existing plant and distribution networks to acc...

Wooden window imports into Japan for the first four months of this year are down around 17% compared to the same period last year. For every month this year imports of wooden windows have been well below that of a year ago, as ITTO reported.Over 75% of Japan’s wooden window imports come from China a...

Japan’s April wooden door imports dropped 17% compared to a month earlier and were down around 8% year-on-year, as ITTO reported.The volatility in monthly door imports is unusual and cannot be explained by either currency fluctuations or housing start trends.At 58% of all wooden door imports in Apri...

According to Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, wooden furniture exports from Huizhou City in Guangdong province rose 17% to $133 million in 2016. Wooden furniture exports from Huizhou City have increased every year for the past 7 years. There are about 180 wooden furniture enterprises in ...

Europac Group (Papeles y Cartones de Europa S.A.) has acquired, from Valladolid, the waste management company Transcon Valladolid, S.A. With this acquisition, which amounts to Euro 3.7 million and represents multiple post synergistic gains of 5.3 times EBITDA, the company strengthens its position as...

The European Recovered Paper Council (ERPC) has been renamed the European Paper Recycling Council (EPRC). The name change also takes into consideration the use of the term of paper for recycling rather than recovered paper in the updated European Standard List of Grades of Paper and Board for Recycl...

PAPCEL Saint Petersburg signed a new contract with the paper mill ZAO Kartontol to supply equipment and machinery for the stock preparation line (waste paper processing), line output 100 tpd, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.The refurbishment includes a complete r...

Universal Forest Products, Inc. reported financial results for the 1Q ended April 1, 2017. 1Q 2017 net sales of $846.1 million represent a 24% increase over net sales of $682.2 million in 1Q 2016, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.The Company’s retail and construct...

Cedar Creek names Robin Brockner as General Manager of Madison Distribution Center in Wisconsin, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.Robin joined Cedar Creek in 2013 as a Territory Sales Manager. Previous to starting with Cedar Creek, Robin received his BS in Sociolo...

BID Group Holdings Ltd. (“BID”) announces the successful closing of an equity investment into the company. The transaction, led by Highland West Capital Ltd. (“HWCL”), brings a leading group of institutional investors (the “Investor Group”), into the BID team. The Investor Group has partnered with B...

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP) announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Brad Southern to succeed Curt Stevens as the CEO of LP effective July 1, 2017. Stevens, who has served as CEO since 2012, will retire from LP June 30, 2017.Southern, 57, has been Executive Vice President, Chief Op...

EGY WOOD, the international trade fair for furniture production technologies, woodworking machinery, tools, fittings, accessories, raw materials and products, will be held in New Cairo Exhibition Center in Cairo, Egypt, during December 7-10, 2017.The exhibition is expecting about 100 participants fr...

BID Group Holdings Ltd. (“BID”) announces the successful closing of an equity investment into the company. The transaction, led by Highland West Capital Ltd. (“HWCL”), brings a leading group of institutional investors (the “Investor Group”), into the BID team. The Investor Group has partnered with B...

In order to increase the capacity of its stick handling system and meet current capacity and quality requirements, Siljan Timber in Blyberg, Sweden, is investing in solutions from Renholmen. A dry sorting intake and a stick handling system will be delivered and commissioned during the summer.“The ex...

Kaarel Tali has been appointed Mill Director for Metsä Wood’s Pärnu mill in Estonia, effective August 1, 2017. He reports to Jari Tikkanen, SVP, Production & Technology, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.As Mill Director Tali will be responsible for the birch p...

After over 40 years in the industry, Keith Laugen, Vice President of Cedar Creek’s North Central Region, has announced his retirement.Keith was President, CEO, and a Founder of Lake States Lumber which became part of Cedar Creek last year through acquisition.Cedar Creek announced that Steve Lindauer...

Moelven improved its 1Q 2017 operating profit by NOK 71 million ($8.2 million), compared to the same period last year. The year's 1Q was the best since 2008, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.1Q 2017 operating profit increased to NOK 101 million ($11.6 million), co...

Honkarakenne Oyj’s Annual General Meeting elected Timo Kohtamäki, Arimo Ristola, Anita Saarelainen and Kyösti Saarimäki as members of the Board.The Board of Directors convened for its constituent meeting and appointed Arimo Ristola as Chairman of the Board. At the same board meeting Board of Directo...

The Kingdom of Belgium has ratified the Convention on the European Forest Institute (EFI) and the entry into force will take place on 23 July 2017.The Convention on EFI has now been ratified by a total of 27 European countries. The ratifying countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech R...

The Södra Research Foundation has decided to grant an additional SEK 9 million ($1 million) to research projects linked to forestry and the forest industry. Nine different projects have received funding, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.The largest single initiati...

PEFC France, PEFC Italy and PEFC Sweden have all successfully achieved the re-endorsement of their national forest certification systems.France and Sweden were two of the founding members of PEFC back in 1999, and this re-endorsement marks the fourth time that these systems have successful achieved ...

Georgia-Pacific announced that its Palatka, Florida, mill has been selected as the location for the company’s previously announced investment of more than $400 million in its GP Consumer (retail) tissue and towel business. The investment supports continued growth for key customers’ premium private l...

Futura enters its next stage of development with a new Board of Directors and the promotion of Piero Ceccon to CEO, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.Ceccon joined Futura three years ago to head up the company’s international operations, overseeing sales of technol...

The international technology group Körber, headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, completed the acquisition of MTC S.R.L., based in Lucca, Italy. The objective of the acquisition is to further expand the Körber Group’s Business Area Tissue. This Business Area offers end-to-end solutions for processing a...

Avery Dennison has appointed Nick Tucci, vice president and general manager, Label and Graphic Materials (LGM), North America. In this role, Nick will provide leadership and strategic vision for the North America region. He will also continue his current role as VP Sales, LGM, while searching for hi...

Cenveo’s net sales in the 1Q 2017 were $374.5 million compared to $432.8 million in the same period last year, a 13.5% decline, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.Operating income in the 1Q declined 41% to $10 million, compared to $17 million in the same period last...

Avery Dennison Corporation announced preliminary, unaudited results for its 1Q ended April 1, 2017. Avery Dennison reports 1Q net sales of $1.57 billion“We are off to a strong start to the year, with solid top-line performance and double-digit earnings growth,” said Mitch Butier, Avery Dennison Pres...

Metsä Tissue will rebuild paper machine 5 at its Düren mill in Germany. The total investment is approximately Euro 15 million and the rebuild starts immediately. The new volumes will be available on the market during the last quarter of 2018, as the company says in the press release received by Lesp...

Georgia-Pacific announced that its Palatka, Florida, mill has been selected as the location for the company’s previously announced investment of more than $400 million in its GP Consumer (retail) tissue and towel business. The investment supports continued growth for key customers’ premium private l...

Futura enters its next stage of development with a new Board of Directors and the promotion of Piero Ceccon to CEO, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.Ceccon joined Futura three years ago to head up the company’s international operations, overseeing sales of technol...

Blue Lake Power LLC plans to restart its 12 MW biomass plant located in Blue Lake, CA, in July 2017. The facility is a biomass power-generation unit designed to burn wood, create steam and operate a turbine to generate electrical power. The power will be sold into the power grid in Northern Californ...

Pöyry and Betulium have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for co-operation that will enable both companies to serve their clients better in bio-based businesses.Pöyry and Betulium share common objectives in bioindustry: together they have the know-how and experience which can be used especially in the...

Nelja Energia opened its first cogeneration plant and pellet factory in Brocēni, Latvia. The total cost of the investment is around Euro 30 million. The cogeneration plant and pellet factory create 35 jobs, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.According to Martin Kruu...

Fredrik Aldaeus from RISE has been appointed new chairman of Swedish Standards Institute (SIS) Technical Committee for Standardization in Pulp and Paper."I look forward to contribute to standardized testing methods that will facilitate product control and facilitate trade in pulp and paper worldwide...

Valmet takes its Industrial Internet services to the next level by launching a new offering and opening four Performance Centers for energy, pulp, paper and board and tissue customers. At the same time, Valmet has signed a partnership agreement with Tieto, which is the first step in building a leadi...

Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. ("NPI") will newly establish the Innovative Material Sales Division on June 29, 2017. The division will promote the prompt market development and sales expansion of new materials, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.And the Innovativ...

PulpEye has now reached the milepost of 50 units sold as Ahlstrom-Munksjö Aspa Bruk in Sweden invests in a PulpEye system for pulp analyses online. Bleached and unbleached kraft pulp is produced at the Aspa mill and the PulpEye they have acquired contains modules for determination and measuring of k...

Metsä Group made the decision concerning the largest investment in the history of Finnish forest industry in April 2015, and the large-scale project at Äänekoski has progressed as planned – on schedule and according to the budget – towards the mill’s start-up. At the moment, the bioproduct mill proj...

Rottneros has appointed Michael Berggren as mill manager of Vallvik Mill in Sweden. Michael most recently comes from Ahlstrom-Munksjö, where he has been chief of production at Aspa Bruk. He will take office no later than 21 September 2017 and will be part of Rottneros Group Management.“It is very pl...

In February 2017, Stora Enso announced that it planned to permanently shut down paper machine 8 (PM8) at Kvarnsveden Mill in Sweden due to structural weakening of magazine paper demand in Europe. Co-determination negotiations with employees at the mill are still ongoing, but PM8 was permanently shut...

Kruger Publication Papers appoints Paul DeRose as Vice President of Sales. In his new role, he will be responsible for direct global sales of Kruger's lines of coated and construction papers, as PaperAge reports.DeRose has more than 35 years of experience in the industry, including 15 years at Kruge...

The Austrian paper manufacturer Laakirchen Papier AG announced a price increase by 8% for supercalendered (SC) paper which is valid from 3rd July 2017.“The background of the price increase is higher costs for raw and auxiliary materials,” says Thomas Krawinkler, Head Sales and Marketing of Laakirche...

The CPH Group’s Chemistry Division will cease the production of fertilizers at its Uetikon (Zurich) site at the end of this month. The fertilizer manufacturing activities have been performed to date by CU Deutero + Agro AG, which also produces deuterated solvents. The latter business will continue a...

Wanda Smith has been appointed as Managing Director of Teknos Treffert Malaysia. Wanda will be responsible for the Teknos operations in Malaysia and South-East Asia. She will have a key role in developing and managing the operation to support Teknos' growth plan in the Asian markets, as the company ...

Pinkwood Ltd., a leading manufacturer of fire rated I-joists, partnered with independent third party provider, Intertek, for testing and certification on its full line of I-joists.Bradley Parsons, President of Pinkwood, commented “We are absolutely delighted to be working with Intertek. The ETL Mark...

CalAg LLC commissioned Siempelkamp with the supply of a production plant for fiberboard made of rice straw, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.CalAg LCC is investing more than $315 million for the new location in Willows, California. This order requests Siempelkamp’...

Tolko Industries Ltd. is restarting its oriented strand board mill, located near High Prairie, Alberta, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.The mill has been closed since 2008 when North American housing starts fell to a generational low, resulting in a loss of marke...

Kaarel Tali has been appointed Mill Director for Metsä Wood’s Pärnu mill in Estonia, effective August 1, 2017. He reports to Jari Tikkanen, SVP, Production & Technology, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.As Mill Director Tali will be responsible for the birch p...